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The Sammy Davis Jr. All-Star Spectacular (1962) What Kind of Fool Am I and Other Show-Stoppers (1962) As Long as She Needs Me (1963) Sammy Davis Jr. Salutes the Stars of the London Palladium (1964) The Shelter of Your Arms (1964) Sammy Davis Jr. Sings Mel Tormé's "California Suite" (1964) Sammy Davis Jr. Sings the Big Ones for Young Lovers (1964)
When his friend Sammy Davis Jr. lost an eye in an accident and was in danger of losing the other, Chandler offered to give Davis one of his own eyes. [69] Chandler had nearly lost an eye and had been visibly scarred in an auto accident years earlier. Chandler had a relationship with Gloria DeHaven that was exposed in Confidential magazine.
1954: Entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. was taken to San Bernardino Community Hospital after being injured in a car accident. Dr. Frederick H. Hull was able to save the sight in his right eye. 1958: Construction completed of new hospital facility at 17th St. and Western Avenue. This was the first air-conditioned hospital in the city, with 133 beds ...
n November 1954, 29-year-old Sammy Davis Jr. was driving to Hollywood when a car crash left his eye mangled beyond repair. Doubting his potential as a one-eyed entertainer, the burgeoning performer sought a solution at the same venerable institution where other misfortunate starlets had gone to fill their vacant sockets: Mager & Gougelman, a family-owned business in New York City that has ...
“Evoking Fred Astaire, Sammy Davis Jr. and James Brown all at once, he’d work for hours, perfecting every kick, gesture and movement so that they came together precisely the way they were ...
In 1967, Sammy Davis Jr. offered an insightful guest column about the everyday problems that he and others faced as Black people in America. In the 1960s, America seemed on the brink of a second ...
Starring Sammy Davis Jr. is the debut studio album by Sammy Davis Jr., recorded in 1954. Five of the songs on Starring Sammy Davis Jr. had been previously released as singles ("Hey There," "And This Is My Beloved," "Because of You," "Glad to Be Unhappy," and "Birth of the Blues"), one of which, "Hey There" had reached the Top 20.
Alexander studied English at his university, and even though his knowledge of the language is not "first-rate", he becomes Foer's translator. Alex's "blind" grandfather and his "deranged seeing-eye bitch," Sammy Davis, Jr., Jr., accompany them on their journey. Interspersed throughout the book is the story that Jonathan Safran Foer (the ...